Conceiving Ada (1997)

Directors

Lynn Hershman Leeson

Cast

John Perry Barlow, Karen Black, Tilda Swinton, Timothy Leary

The story

Emmy Coer is a computer scientist obsessed with Countess Ada Lovelace, author of the first computer algorithm, written for Charles Babbage's "Analytical Engine". She is upset to discover that she is pregnant, believing that the pregnancy will interfere with her work. Afraid of losing her boyfriend, she decides to keep the baby.

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